"This Month in the Threat Webscape" Video Presents Up-to-Date Research on Latest Web, Email and Data Security Challenges
SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/11/09 -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today released
the most recent video report covering Web threat activity for July 2009. The video supplement
to the monthly "This Month in the Threat Webscape" report produced by
Websense Security Labs presents an informative recap of the most pressing
Web,
email and data security challenges for the month.
The video is designed to provide researchers, information security
professionals and Websense customers with an up-to-date overview on
breaking security research conducted by the Websense Security Lbs and other
security researchers around the globe. This month's report covers:
-- Zero Day and critical threats in Microsoft IE, Firefox and Adobe
applications
-- Koobface worm maliciously targeting Twitter
-- Rumors on Twitter spreading malicious links
-- Hackers using search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning on Google to
lead to Rogue anti-virus sites
-- An exploit on Apple's iPhone which could allow a hacker to take
control of the phone through a series of text messages
Videos for the current and preceding months can be viewed at the Websense
Security Labs YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/wslabsutube.
A more detailed analysis of these and other topics is presented in the
monthly blog "This Month in the Threat Webscape" at
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/blogs.aspx. There users can
also get the most up to date alerts and research from the constantly
shifting threat landscape or sign up to follow Websense via RSS feeds or on
Twitter.
About Websense, Inc.
Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in integrated Web, data and
email security solutions, provides Essential Information Protection(TM) for
approximately 44 million product seats under subscription. Distributed
through its global network of channel partners, Websense software and
hosted security solutions help organizations block malicious code, prevent
the loss of confidential information and enforce Internet use and security
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